The August 2015 Chalk It Up To Love Paper Pumpkin Kit… #stampyourartout #stampinup - Stamp Your Art Out! www.stampyourartout.com

I've been playing these past few days with my August 2015 Paper Pumpkin kit: Chalk It Up To Love.

And I went a little crazy…

I made a decorative box of note cards (alternate layouts from the ones that are shown in the kit images above), 3 more alternate note cards, a 12×12 traditional scrapbook layout, another 12×12 page, a Project Life page, a wreath, a bunch of back-to-school items, a couple mini boxes, a string of pretty lights, and prepared my exclusive alternate projects for my personal subscribers. Those 12 exclusives got sent out a couple days ago to those that ordered that kit from me. This graphic shows peeks of just 9 of them…

Sneak Peek at the August 2015 Chalk It Up To Love Paper Pumpkin kit exclusive alternate projects… #stampyourartout #stampinup - Stampin’ Up!® - Stamp Your Art Out! www.stampyourartout.com

 

Back in July, when I saw this kit at the Stampin' Up! Convention, I knew it would be one of my favorites. So I increased my subscription and ordered 7 boxes!! This is my son, Nicholas hauling them all in. The mailman, Joe couldn't fit them in our mailbox and had to deliver them to our door. LOL! 

Love those Paper Pumpin Kits!!…#stampyourartout #stampinup - Stampin’ Up!® - Stamp Your Art Out! www.stampyourartout.com

I didn't use ALL 7 boxes to make all my alternate projects (only 3), but I knew they would make great gifts. So I'm saving the 4 I didn't use for now.

I'm still working on editing my August Paper Pumpkin video (hoping to have it on YouTube and up on my blog here tomorrow), but I just want to warn you… I wasn't able to record much this month. The kids are not in school yet, so the quiet time was very hard to find. I had a friend lined up to take them one day, too. But her son got ill. So instead of putting all my August kit projects into videos, I recorded what I could and just took photos of the rest.

One of the projects that didn't make the video is this string of decorative lights. I purchased this strand of lights in the "bridal" area of my local JoAnn's Store. And then I embellished every other bulb with a flower or with fringes.

The embellishments on these lights were VERY easy to make. And wouldn't this decoration be great for a girl's birthday party, a baby shower, a wedding, etc…?!

August 2015 Chalk It Up To Love Paper Pumpkin kit String of Lights…#stampyourartout #stampinup - Stampin’ Up!® - Stamp Your Art Out! www.stampyourartout.com

I basically had three separate embellishments: a big flower combo, a smaller flower combo, and a circle of fringes.

August 2015 Chalk It Up To Love Paper Pumpkin kit String of Lights…#stampyourartout #stampinup - Stampin’ Up!® - Stamp Your Art Out! www.stampyourartout.com

August 2015 Chalk It Up To Love Paper Pumpkin kit String of Lights…#stampyourartout #stampinup - Stampin’ Up!® - Stamp Your Art Out! www.stampyourartout.com

For the flower combos, I used the die cut flowers from the kit (the large pink ones), 3 flower punches, card stock in the kit, and the 1/4" Handheld Circle punch. (See the supply list at the bottom of this post to find these items in my online store.)

August 2015 Chalk It Up To Love Paper Pumpkin kit String of Lights photo tutorial…#stampyourartout #stampinup - Stampin’ Up!® - Stamp Your Art Out! www.stampyourartout.com

I punched the extra pink flowers from the flower die-cut sheet in the kit and the black flowers from the tags in the kit.

August 2015 Chalk It Up To Love Paper Pumpkin kit String of Lights photo tutorial…#stampyourartout #stampinup - Stampin’ Up!® - Stamp Your Art Out! www.stampyourartout.com

Hint: punch the center 1/4" circle first, then punch the flower. This way your 1/4" circle ends up smack-dab in the center.

August 2015 Chalk It Up To Love Paper Pumpkin kit String of Lights photo tutorial…#stampyourartout #stampinup - Stampin’ Up!® - Stamp Your Art Out! www.stampyourartout.com

For the fringe décor, cut your black fringe strips from the kit into small sections. I separated mine into lengths of about 1-1/2" inches which gave me about 7 "fringes" in each section.

August 2015 Chalk It Up To Love Paper Pumpkin kit String of Lights photo tutorial…#stampyourartout #stampinup - Stampin’ Up!® - Stamp Your Art Out! www.stampyourartout.com

Then use the extra pink card stock from the flower die-cut sheets to cut out 1" x 1-1/2" strips.

August 2015 Chalk It Up To Love Paper Pumpkin kit String of Lights photo tutorial…#stampyourartout #stampinup - Stampin’ Up!® - Stamp Your Art Out! www.stampyourartout.com

August 2015 Chalk It Up To Love Paper Pumpkin kit String of Lights photo tutorial…#stampyourartout #stampinup - Stampin’ Up!® - Stamp Your Art Out! www.stampyourartout.com

Use your Paper Snips (scissors) to trim into your pink strips OR the Fringe Scissors shown below (if you have it) to make this step go even quicker. Then use a bone folder to curl the fringe and petals of the flowers. Add them to your light strand by wrapping them around the lights using a strong adhesive. The Fast Fuse worked for me. I also used the Fast Fuse on the underside of the flowers towards the center to attach the flowers to the lights. If these lights were outside, I would consider a stronger adhesive though. But the Fast Fuse should be fine for an indoor setting, and this way I can change out my embellishments for another theme in the future.

August 2015 Chalk It Up To Love Paper Pumpkin kit String of Lights photo tutorial…#stampyourartout #stampinup - Stampin’ Up!® - Stamp Your Art Out! www.stampyourartout.com

On this strand of 50 lights, I used 6 large flowers, 6 small flowers, and 12 circles of fringes (24 embellishments). I spaced them out like so…

  • large flower
  • regular light
  • fringe
  • regular light
  • small flower
  • regular light
  • fringe
  • regular light
  • large flower
  • regular light
  • fringe
  • regular light
  • small flower
  • regular light
  • fringe
  • regular light,…

August 2015 Chalk It Up To Love Paper Pumpkin kit String of Lights…#stampyourartout #stampinup - Stampin’ Up!® - Stamp Your Art Out! www.stampyourartout.com

August 2015 Chalk It Up To Love Paper Pumpkin kit String of Lights…#stampyourartout #stampinup - Stampin’ Up!® - Stamp Your Art Out! www.stampyourartout.com

August 2015 Chalk It Up To Love Paper Pumpkin kit String of Lights…#stampyourartout #stampinup - Stampin’ Up!® - Stamp Your Art Out! www.stampyourartout.com

 

I also had to share a couple miniature August Paper Pumpkin kit boxes that Nora Marin, a talented demonstrator on my team shared with me. Aren't they adorable?!

August 2015 Chalk It Up To Love Paper Pumpkin kit Mini Boxes by Nora Marin…#stampyourartout #stampinup - Stampin’ Up!® - Stamp Your Art Out! www.stampyourartout.com

August 2015 Chalk It Up To Love Paper Pumpkin kit Mini Boxes by Nora Marin…#stampyourartout #stampinup - Stampin’ Up!® - Stamp Your Art Out! www.stampyourartout.com

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P.S. Just in case you are not a subscriber to Paper Pumpkin yet…Your first two kits are 50% off when you start your NEW subscription by September 10th and use the promo code: HALFOFF.

Here’s a wonderful deal for first-time* Paper Pumpkin subscribers! If you have been wanting to give Paper Pumpkin a try, you can now get your first two months for 50% off! Paper Pumpkin is on sale through September 10th, 2015!… #stampyourartout #stampinup - Stampin’ Up!® - Stamp Your Art Out! www.stampyourartout.com

The Fine Print:

  • For new subscribers only (new email addresses).
  • Available for month-to-month subscriptions, not prepaid subscriptions.
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Additional supplies used (besides the contents of the August 2015 Paper Pumpkin kit) to make this string of lights project…